Edward Herrmann
Biography
Edward Kirk Herrmann (July 21, 1943 – December 31, 2014) in Washington, D.C., was an American television and film actor. He is best known for his Emmy-nominated portrayals of Franklin D. Roosevelt on television, to younger generations for his role as Richard Gilmore in Gilmore Girls, as a ubiquitous narrator for historical programs on the History Channel, and as the spokesperson for Dodge automobiles in the 1990s.
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Known For
Acting History
2016
Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life as Richard Gilmore (archive sound) (uncredited)
2016Coach of the Year as Bill Ford
2015Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies as Narrator (voice)
2014The Town that Dreaded Sundown as Reverend Cartwright
2014The Roosevelts: An Intimate History as Franklin Roosevelt (voice)
2013The Wolf of Wall Street as Stratton Oakmont Commercial (voice)
2013Are You Here as Dr. Vincent
2012Heaven's Door as Nate Christensen
2012Price Check as Jack Bennington
2012Perception as Jack Pierce
2012Christmas Oranges as Mr. Crampton
2012Treasure Buddies as Philip Wellington
2011The Christmas Pageant as Garrett Clark
2011A Christmas Wish as Les McCallum
2011Redemption: For Robbing the Dead as Governor Dawson
2011Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star as Jeremiah Larson
2011Son of Morning as Thomas
2011Harry's Law as Lester Babcock
2010Better With You as Judge
2009The Good Wife as Lionel Deerfield
2009Ring Christmas Bells as Self
2009Drop Dead Diva as Reverend Phillips
2009The Six Wives of Henry Lefay as John Goodenough
2009The Skeptic as Shepard
2009Hatching Pete as The Principal
2009Morristown: Where America Survived as Narrator
2007Andrew Jackson as Narrator
2007Columbus The Lost Voyage as Narrator
2007The Revolution
2007Titanic's Achilles Heel as Narrator
2007Sherman's March as Narrator
2007The States
2007Banned from the Bible II as Narrator
2007I Think I Love My Wife as Mr. Landis
2006Factory Girl as James Townsend
2006Desperate Crossing: The Untold Story of the Mayflower as Self - Narrator (voice)
2006Witness to 'Reds' as Self
200630 Rock as Walter
2006Wedding Daze as Lyle
2006Relative Strangers as Doug Clayton
2006The Ten Commandments as Narrator
2006Decoding the Past: Secrets of the Koran as Narrator
2006Titanic's Final Moments: Missing Pieces as Narrator (voice)
2005Ape to Man as Narrator
2005Bible Battles as Narrator (voice)
2005The Templar Code: Crusade of Secrecy as Narrator
2005How I Met Your Mother as Reverend Lowell
2005FDR: A Presidency Revealed as Narrator
2005Grey's Anatomy as Norman Shales
2005American Dad! as Councilman (voice)
2005American Dad! as Old Man (voice)
2005The Presidents as Narrator
2005The French Revolution as Narrator
2005French Revolution as Narrator
2004The Aviator as Joseph Breen
2004Tom Goes to the Mayor as Benjamin Kaplan (voice)
2004Bereft as Lloyd
2004First Invasion: The War of 1812 as Narrator
2004Isaac's Storm as Narrator
2004Welcome to Mooseport as Avery Hightower Debate Moderator (uncredited)
2003Intolerable Cruelty as Rex Rexroth
2003Teddy Roosevelt: An American Lion as Narrator
2003Russia, Land of the Tsars
2003The Louisiana Purchase as Narrator
2003Russia, Land of the Tsars as Narrator
2003Stalin: Man of Steel as Narrator (voice)
2003The Samurai as self (voice)
2002The Emperor's Club as Headmaster Woodbridge
2002Dinosaur Secrets Revealed as Narrator (voice)
2002Rise and Fall of the Spartans as Narrator (voice)
2002It Ain't As Easy As It Looks... (...a.k.a. the Making of 'The Cat's Meow') as Self
2002Antarctica: A Frozen History as Narrator
2001In Search of Christmas as Narrator
2001The Cat's Meow as W. R. Hearst
2001Crossing Jordan as Thomas Malden
2001Down as Milligan
2001James Dean as Raymond Massey
2001The Face: Jesus in Art as Narrator (voice)
2001Double Take as Charles Allsworth
2000Founding Fathers as Narrator
2000CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Mr. Vogel
2000Gilmore Girls as Richard Gilmore
1999The Korean War: Fire and Ice as Narrator
1999Vendetta as D.A. Luzenberg
1999Atomic Train as The President
1999Norman Rockwell: Painting America as Narrator
1999Niagara: A History of the Falls as Narrator
1999Walking Across Egypt as Reverend Vernon
1999Ultimate autos as host
1998Saint Maybe as Doug Bedloe
1998Frank Lloyd Wright as Self - Narrator (voice)
1998Better Living as Jack
1997Liberty! as Narrator
1997Critical Care as Robert Payne
1997The Practice as Anderson Pearson
1996Pandora's Clock as President
1996What Love Sees as Morton Treadway
1996A Season in Purgatory as Dr. Shugrue
1996A Season in Purgatory as Dr. Shugrue
1996Soul of the Game as Branch Rickey
1995Nixon as Nelson Rockefeller
1995The Face on the Milk Carton as Frank Jessmon
1995Thomas Jefferson: A View from the Mountain as Thomas Jefferson (voice)
1995Here Come the Munsters as Herman Munster
1994Ri¢hie Ri¢h as Richard Rich
1994Don't Drink the Water as Mr. Kilroy
1994Foreign Student as Zachary 'Zach' Gilmore
1993A Foreign Field as Ralph
1993My Boyfriend's Back as Mr. Dingle
1993Born Yesterday as Ed Deverey
1993Homicide: Life on the Street
1992Hero as Mr. Broadman - Man Committing Suicide
1991Fire in the Dark as Robert
1991Sweet Poison as Henry
1990Law & Order as Frederic Matson
1990Law & Order as Drew Seeley
1990Law & Order as Defense Attorney Mosbeck
1990Night of 100 Stars III as Self
1990Wings as Y.M. Burg
1990So Proudly We Hail as James Wagner
1989Screen One as Ralph
1988Hothouse as Woods
1988Big Business as Graham Sherbourne
1987Overboard as Grant Stayton III
1987The Lost Boys as Max
1987The Lawrenceville Stories as Head Master
1986Murrow as Fred Friendly
1985The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Dr. Maxwell Stoddard / Litton
1985Compromising Positions as Bob Singer
1985The Man with One Red Shoe as Brown
1985The Purple Rose of Cairo as Henry
1984Mrs. Soffel as Warden Peter Soffel
1983Memorial Day as Ned Larwin
1982St. Elsewhere as Father Joseph McCabe
1982Nature as Narrator (voice)
1982Annie as FDR
1982Death Valley as Paul Stanton
1982A Little Sex as Tommy
1982The Gift of Life as Dr. Quinn
1982The Electric Grandmother as Father
1981Reds as Max Eastman
1981Dear Liar as George Bernard Shaw
1981The Private History of a Campaign That Failed as The Stranger
1981Harry's War as Harry Johnson
1979O Youth and Beauty! as Kip Lawton
1979Freedom Road as Stephen Holmes
1979The Sorrows of Gin as Kip Lawton
1979Portrait of a Stripper as Frank Andrews
1979The North Avenue Irregulars as Michael Hill
1979Take Down as Ed Branish
1978Brass Target as Col. Walter Gilchrist
1978The Betsy as Dan Weyman
1978A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story as Lou Gehrig
1977Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years as Franklin D. Roosevelt
1976Eleanor and Franklin as Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Age 20-50
1975Valley Forge
1975Beacon Hill as Richard Palmer
1975The Great Waldo Pepper as Ezra Stiles
1974The Great Gatsby as Klipspringer
1973The Day of the Dolphin as Mike
1973The Paper Chase as Thomas Craig Anderson
1972M*A*S*H
1971Lady Liberty as Policeman (uncredited)
1971Great Performances as Self
1951Hallmark Hall of Fame as Folsom
1951Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951Hallmark Hall of Fame as Doug Bedloe
—Wonder Woman as Senator Warren
—History's Lost & Found